Omniscience

• What are the issues with omniscience?


  Free will

  Punishment

  Evil

  Omnipotence and omnibenevolence
• How is free will an issue with omniscience?


  If God knows everything, then he will know our future choices, therefore we don't have any real freedom of choice
• How is punishment an issue with omniscience?

  If God’s omniscience determines our choices, God cannot justifiably punish and reward us
• How is evil a problem for omniscience?


  God could’ve chosen to not make us do evil things, therefore he is responsible for all moral evil in the world
• How is omnipotence and omnibenevolence and issue for omniscience?

  If God knows what we will do and can’t stop it, he is not omnipotent. If he can do something about it and doesn’t, he is not omnibenevolent. If he can’t see it he is not omniscient
• How does Schleiermacher defend omniscience?


  Says God is like a close friend who knows your behaviour. He can make reliable guesses about our actions due to how he know us

  Gods knowledge therefore doesn’t force or effect what we do, so we can still be morally responsible for our actions
• What is an issue with Schleiermacher’s views?


  God is said to be infallible, he can’t be wrong about us. He has no false beliefs